Meaning of FATUITY
| Pronunciation: | | fu'tooitee
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| | Definition: | | [n] a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior" |
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| | Synonyms: | | absurdity, fatuousness, silliness |
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| | See Also: | | folly, foolishness, unwiseness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fa*tu"i*ty\, n. [L. fatuitas, fr. fatuus foolish: cf.
F. fatuit['e] Cf. {Fatuous}.]
Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
Those many forms of popular fatuity. --I Taylor.
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| | Related Terms: | | absurdity, aimlessness, asininity, battiness, blank mind, blankmindedness, blankness, bootlessness, brainlessness, buffoonery, calm of mind, clownishness, counterproductiveness, counterproductivity, crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness, daffiness, desipience, eccentricity, emptiness, emptiness of mind, empty-headedness, failure, fallow mind, fatuousness, fecklessness, folly, foolery, foolheadedness, foolishness, frivolity, frivolousness, fruitlessness, futility, giddiness, goofiness, hollowness, idiocy, imbecility, impotence, inanity, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, ineptitude, insanity, invalidity, lunacy, madness, meaninglessness, mental blankness, mindlessness, niaiserie, nirvana, nugacity, nuttiness, oblivion, otiosity, passivity, pointlessness, profitlessness, purposelessness, queerness, quietism, rat race, sappiness, screwiness, senselessness, silliness, stupidity, tabula rasa, the absurd, thoughtfreeness, thoughtlessness, tranquillity, triflingness, triviality, unintelligence, unproductiveness, unprofitability, unprofitableness, uselessness, vacancy, vacuity, valuelessness, vanity, vicious circle, wackiness, weirdness, witlessness, worthlessness, zaniness, zanyism |
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